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Essex Heritage Trust awarded a grant in March 2023 of £1,000 towards the road Milestone replacement project, led by Manningtree Museum & Local History Group. The grant was to fund replacement cast iron posts...

HARWICH MUSEUM LAUNCHES A NEW MAJOR EXHIBITION FOR 2025 Since Harwich Museum closed its doors for the 2024 season on 8th December the volunteers have been hard at work creating a new exhibition celebrating the...

This monument, constructed with the support of the Essex Heritage Trust, commemorates the history of the Royal Artillery (Le Cateau) Barracks and stands as a tribute to the men of the Royal Artillery who...

The villagers of Loughton had upheld the tradition of lopping the trees in the forest believing that this right had been granted to them by royal charter by Queen Elizabeth I.  The lopped wood...

In November 2023 EHT gave St John the Evangelist, Little Leighs a grant of £4,750 for block paving at the back of the nave.  This grant gave our fund-raising campaign an enormous boost and we...

This photograph shows the scene in Colchester High Street on the afternoon of Saturday 4th May 2024 after the unveiling of a statue featuring “Twinkle Star” sisters Jane (left) and Ann Taylor……..Jane being the author...

Before and After Restoration Believed to be 19th century, for years the village pump on the Tye, Good Easter, was one of only 2 sources of clean water in the village. History recalls that...

Oral History Project 2023-24 The Stisted Historical Archive has been fortunate in receiving two funding awards from EHT, in support of our work, including the Oral History programme.  We have now completed 12 oral...

Two early medieval gold tremisses found in Ongar In November 2017, whilst metal detecting on farmland near Chipping Ongar, a metal detectorist made an interesting discovery: two small gold coins (known as tremisses) dating...